IF HIGH SCHOOL’S A MINIATURE VERSION OF SOCIETY LIKE THEY SAY, THEN FUCK THIS I’M OUT, ‘CAUSE IF I HAVE TO SPEND TIME WITH THESE MORONS FOR ONE MORE DAY, I DON’T KNOW HOW I WILL RESIST TAKING MYSELF UP ONTO THE ROOF OF THE SCHOOL AND DIVING OFF LIKE AN OLYMPIAN WHO FORGOT ABOUT THE POOL, THE MORNING PAPERS WILL BE FILLED WITH NEWS OF THE AWFUL TRAGEDY, OF HOW YOUNG JOE DEPARTED THE MORTAL COIL AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 15, LEAVING HIS BRAIN LYING AROUND FOR ALL THE SCHOOL TO SEE. SERIOUSLY, I’D NEVER GO AND DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT’S GOOD TO VENT, BUT THINKING ABOUT IT, THE ROOF’S A GOOD PLACE TO GET SOME PEACE AND QUIET, SO UP I WENT, SO FAR MY PLAN TO AVOID HUMAN CONTACT WAS ALL GOING JUST FINE, ‘TIL THE CRASHING SOUND OF THE LESSON BELL TOOK ME BY SURPRISE, THE SLIPPY TILES UP ON THE ROOF GAVE UP THEIR HOLD ON ME, THE GROUND RUSHING TOWARDS MY FACE IS THE NEXT THING I SEE, A CRUNCH FOLLOWS A CRASH, EVERYTHING IS GOING BLACK
Been playing this album since it's release, and it never gets old. The Kimberly Steaks are absolute masters at crafting perfect pop-punk songs. Shorty Donair
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